Posted on 11/04/2023 4:19:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin
cientists have been scratching their heads for some time on how echinoderms—ie, starfish, sea urchins, and other creatures with bodies split into five equal sections—evolved from the "bilaterally symmetric" body shapes, which feature two mirrored sides, that most other animals have. Adding to the confusion is that starfish begin life as larvae with twofold symmetry, then morph into their grown-up versions. Researchers found that genes switched on in the outermost layers of one particular type of starfish, known as Patiria miniata, matched genes in acorn worms and vertebrates that are activated in those creatures' heads.
Thurston Lacalli of British Columbia's University of Victoria describes the creature as "a disembodied head walking about the seafloor on its lips—the lips having sprouted a fringe of tube feet, co-opted from their original function of sorting food particles, to do the walking."
Berkeley professor Daniel Rokhsar, another study co-author, tells the Washington Post that we've believed the starfish's head extensions were arms simply because humans are used to thinking about bodies from a self-centered point of view. "We call them arms of the starfish because we're used to thinking of the things that stick out of the body as arms and legs," he notes. "That's our own anthropomorphic perspective." Now scientists need to contend with another mystery: when and how the starfish lost its torso. "Ultimately, this could enable us to uncover the sequence of evolutionary changes that gave rise to the headlike body plan," says Imran Rahman, a paleontologist not involved in the study.
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Uh...does anyone over the age of 12 think they're actually arms? Oh, wait, this is a Bezerkeley professor talking to the WaPo. Carry on.
Ya Beat Me To It!
That there starfish does NOT have arms, but he does have a belly button. You win.
LOL. I learned about marine life at the navel academy.
Some of us had to educate ourselves through movies.
A Star Is Born? :-)
Yes, good guess.
The Twentieth Remake?
Barbara Streisand is the second from the right.
Which One is Lady Gaga? :-) (I know. I’m being “shallow”)
“Warning from Space”
Took me @ 10 minutes to remember that one.
The Ghoul used to run it on his show in the ‘70’s. Terrible movie! ⭐️ 😉
Ha Ha!
All of your questions will soon be answered.
The Cydonia "D&M Pyramid" Landform
Like Lone Starr, Osnat wore a special pendant that revealed her royal lineage.
"From Dina" [מדינה]
"In Egyptian hieroglyphs, a cartouche /kɑːrˈtuːʃ/ is an oval with a line at one end tangent to it, indicating that the text enclosed is a royal name." (Wikipedia)
Kydonia or Cydonia... The name of the city is first mentioned in Linear B tablets from Knossos as Mycenaean Greek: 𐀓𐀈𐀛𐀊, romanized: ku-do-ni-ja It derives from the word kydos/κῦδος which means power, glory, fame. (Wikipedia)
kudos:From Ancient Greek κῦδος (kûdos, “praise, renown”).
(Wiktionary)
mDNA:
The powerhouse of the 
... תא
It all depends on the mother.
"May our mother come through for us again and beseech G‑d for protection and blessing for our brethren in Israel and for our people throughout the world."
(Kol HaKavod) 💪 🏋️♀️
I’m pretty sure that the Jihadi Fish is part of the story.
Knuckleheads who continue to adhere to evolutionary explanation of God’s Creation.
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